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1. As of noon trading, Intuitive Surgical ( ISRG) is up $2.71 (0.7%) to $388.16 on light volume. Thus far, 76,702 shares of Intuitive Surgical exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 581,500 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $383.50-$388.49 after having opened the day at $385.11 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $385.45.

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets da Vinci surgical systems, and related instruments and accessories. Intuitive Surgical has a market cap of $15.3 billion and is part of the health care sector. Shares are down 21.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Intuitive Surgical a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Intuitive Surgical as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, increase in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full Intuitive Surgical Ratings Report now.